[Only one film 1990's] Pretty Woman, ... suggestion of condom use, which was the only reference to any form of birth control.

How about 'Pretty Woman'?

In essence, I owe my career to Garry Marshall. There was no known reason for him to hire me for 'Pretty Woman.'

Sally Field taught me to do needlepoint on 'Steel Magnolias,' and a standby painter on 'Pelican Brief' taught me to knit. I'm pretty good at it now!

People are going to think I'm morbid, loving all these sad books. I actually don't mind a happy ending in a novel—certainly, it's nice when it happens. But when you've invested so much time and your fingers have pushed through all that paper and you get to the end…well, a tragic ending kind of goes with the tragedy of finishing a book.

The (TV) critics asked a lot about boundaries. They wanted to know what we filmed and what we wouldn't film. It's a question we constantly asked ourselves during those daily drives back and from Children's Hospital.